Patrick Jankowski, regional economist with the Greater Houston Partnership, said the numbers are misleading because of the aftermath of Harvey a year ago.

“There was hiring which should have taken place in September of last year,” he said. “That hiring didn’t take place because of the hurricane; that hiring was pulled into October and November. And so part of what we’re seeing is what should have taken place last year having been pulled forward and that’s what’s kind of inflating these numbers.”

Jankowski said we’ll get a better idea about the current job market when the November numbers come out.

Meanwhile, the unemployment rate keeps falling in both Houston and Texas.

Houston’s rate went down by 0.2 point from the previous month to 4.1 percent.

For Texas, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.8 percent is the lowest in four decades.